“Ooey Gooey”
Author Unknown
Ooey Gooey was a worm,
A mighty worm was he.
He stepped upon the railroad tracks
The train he did not see.
Ooey Gooey!
“Celery”
By Ogden Nash
Celery raw
Develops the jaw.
But celery stewed
Is more quietly chewed.
“The Little Man Who Wasn’t There”
By Hughes Mearns
As I was going up the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today.
I wish, I wish he’d stay away.
“After The Party”
By William Wise
Jonathan Blake
Ate too much cake,
He isn’t himself today;
He’s tucked up in bed
With a feverish head,
And he doesn’t much care to play.
Jonathan Blake
Ate too much cake,
And three kinds of ice cream too--
From his latest reports
He’s quite out of sorts,
And I’m sure the reports are true.
I’m sorry to state
That he also ate
Six pickles, a pie, and a pear;
In fact I confess
It’s a reasonable guess
He ate practically everything there.
Yes, Jonathan Blake
Ate too much cake,
So he’s not at his best today;
But there’s no need for sorrow--
If you come back tomorrow,
I’m sure he’ll be out to play.
"The Ingenious Little old Man"
By John Bennett
A little old man of the sea
Went out in a boat for a sail:
The water came in
Almost up to his chin
And he had nothing with which to bail.
But this little old man of the sea
Just drew out his jack-knife so stout,
And a hole with its blade
In the bottom he made,
So that all of the water ran out.
And that's the reason why
He very, very, rarely feels
As well as you and I.
His eye is dull, his head is bald,
His neck is growing thinner.
Oh! what a lesson for us all
To only eat at dinner!
I wake in the morning early
And always the very first thing,
I poke out my head and I sit up in bed
And I sing and I sing and I sing.
As a friend to the children, commend me the Yak;
You will find it exactly the thing;
It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back,
Or lead it about with a string.
The Tartar who dwells on the plains of Tibet
(A desolate region of snow),
Has for centuries made it a nursery pet,
And surely the Tartar should know!
Then tell your papa where the Yak can be got,
And if he is awfully rich,
He will buy you the creature-- or else he will not
(I cannot be positive which).